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    By Don Antonio de Guevara; H. Vaughan [Trans.]; Henry Thomas [Intro.]
    Newtown   Gregynog Press
    7" by 5" xv, [1], 37 [2] pp.
    A Gregynog Press limited edition of The Praise and Happinesse of the Countrie-Life, finely printed and illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, celebrating the virtues of pastoral simplicity.
    By Don Antonio de Guevara; H. Vaughan [Trans.]; Henry Thomas [Intro.]

    1938 The Praise and Happinesse of the Countrie-Life

    Newtown   Gregynog Press
    7" by 5" xv, [1], 37 [2] pp.
    A Gregynog Press limited edition of The Praise and Happinesse of the Countrie-Life, finely printed and illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, celebrating the virtues of pastoral simplicity.
    £285.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 982H27
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    Description

    Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    In the original publisher's half crushed morocco binding with paper covered boards, bound by the Gregynog Press. 

    A limited edition of this work, being number two hundred and twenty six of four hundred copies printed by James Wardrop at the Gregynog Press, November, 1938, a reprint of the 1651 edition.

    Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.

    This copy features 7 charming woodcut engravings by Reynolds Stone. Collated, complete.

    A charming treatise in praise of pastoral life, originally written in Spanish, here translated into English by H. Vaughan.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's half crushed morocco binding with paper boards. Externally, lovely. One or two of the slightest handling marks to boards. The odd light spot to endpapers. Dust wrapper, very smart. Age toned, more so to spine and extremities. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, with one or two very minor closed tears to the head of spine. One or two minor handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just one or two spots to first and last few leaves.

    Fine

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